Autographic register



Oct. 18, 1938.

H. J. wAEcHTER AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed June 2l, 1957 INVENTOR.

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Patented Oct. 18, 1938 A 2,133,792,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUTOGRAPHIO REGISTER Harry J. Waechter, Mount Healthy, Ohio, assignor to Paul Benninghofen and Fritz G. Diesbach, trustees, Hamilton, Ohio Application June 21, 1937, Serial No. 149,368

6 Claims. (Cl. 282-12) This invention relates to improvements in auof coordination with the operation of the adtographic registers or manifolding machines parvancing mechanism with the result that the paper ticularly for manifolding and dispensing shipping was torn. or sales bills and the like. In such types of It has been the object of the present invenmachines, the shipping or sales bills are incortion to provide a register in which the parts `are pcrated in strips of paper either wound on reels reduced to an absolute minimum and which at or folded into packets and dispensed in definite the same time has al1 of the advantages of those measured proportions corresponding to the length registers incorporating interposed coordinated pin of the individual shipping bill or sales slip. and feed mechanism.

lo Thereafter the bills or slips are severed from the It has been the further ,object to provide a i strips. These continuous strips of paper or conmachine in which the initial projection vof the tinuous form stationery are fed from a supply forward end of the strips and the alignment of compartment upon and over a writing table or the forms can be accomplished by some conplaten. The strips also contain ling holes loveniently accessible hand instrumentality;

l cated in the spacing between the forms and These objects have been fullled in the provil5 adjacent the tear-off lines established across the sion of a machine in whichthe strip arresting sheets. These apertures are utilized in the mameans is displaceable by means of a pencil which chine for permitting the withdrawal of the strips is conveniently in the hand of the operator upon in measured lengths, or lengths representing the the completion of the step `of lling out theform,

.13 full length of each printed form. 'Ihey are also and which at the same time is so arranged as to zo utilized in the operation of aligning and registerpermit forward feed for projection of the strips ing the printed forms of the severed strips upon through the same instrumentality. vIn other the writing table for .making the entries and words, the present achievement has made it posmanifolding and holding the same in position sible to release and project the strips by the 5 while making the entries. simple manipulation of a pencil or a like instru- 25 In the present machine the apertures or ling mentality. holes are engaged by a pin or detent, which pin It has been the further object of this inven- .arrests the feed of the superposed strips and tion to provide a strip of paper incorporating aligns the same by registration with superposed successive sales slips which, includes means co- 3@ aligned apertures. Heretofore, the machines ordinating or adapting the strips for use in the 30 have incorporated interposed mechanical means present machine and which, therefore, is acfor advancing the pin, or pins, a predetermined curately and efficiently fed through the machine.

amount to cause a short feed advance of the strips Other objects and certain advantages will be to project the forward ends thereof sufficiently more fully apparent from a description of the from the forward end of the machine to enable accompanying drawing, in which: 35 the operator to grasp the same for continuing Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of the withdrawal of the forms. Continued withthe forward end of the machine. drawal brought the next successive set of aper- Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2, tures into registration with the pins after which Figure 1.

the withdrawn or completed forms were torn off. Figure 3 is a vsectional View taken on line 3-3, 40

In the present invention it has been found Figure 2, showing the depressible pin in strip arthat an extremely inexpensive machinel can be resting position.v

produced wherein the short feed advance of the Figure 4 iS a VieW SllOWing the Pin depressed strips for projecting the same beyond the register for releasing the StriDS- to a position, where the operator is able to grasp Figure 5 iS a SeelJiOnal VeW teken Online 55, 45

the same, can be accomplished entirely manually. Figure 3.

The registers of the past have required a great Figure 6 iS an enlarged fragmentary VieW Of deal of mechanism for accomplishing the depresa portion of Figure 2, ShOWing the Din in 'Strip sion of the pins and the discharge of the strips arresting position.

from the machine. Furthermore, there has been Figure '7 iS a View Jreiken Similar i0 Figure 6 50 the necessity for accurate or precise mechanical but showing the pin depressed by means Of a cooperation between the feed rolls and the depencil. pressible pins. Unless the machine has operated Figure 8 iS a View taken Similar t0 Figure 6 perfectly, disalignment of strips has occurred, showing 'the strips projected by forward manipuor there has been failure of pin release or lack lation 'of the pencil. 55

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken similar to Figure 6 showing the mechanism in position at the last stage of strip advance just before the pin rises into the apertures for arresting strip movement.

The embodiment of the invention disclosed n the drawing consists, in general, of a casing providing a writing table and a storage chamber. The superposed strips are disposed in the chamber, from which they are drawn across the table to the front thereof and beneath the writing opening of the casing lid. Each form has an aperture near its juncture with the next form for alignment with a stop pin. The stop pin is mounted in the casing beneath the table in position for traversing aligned or registered apertures of superposed strips for arresting movement of the strips and aligning the same.

The operatoruses the pencil which is conveniently in his, or her hand after filling out the form and very quickly depresses the pin by engagement .of the pencil against the pin and throughthe openings in the paper. Thereupon, without retracting the pencil a forward or lateral force is imparted to the pencil, thus feeding the superposed strips forwardly until their forward margins can be grasped for pulling the superposed sales slips to their tear-off positions.

Referring to the drawing, the casing is generally indicated at I0. The casing consists of a base portion II and a lid I2. The lid is hinged to the base portion on hinge pins I3. It is secured at the rear by means of a latch I4. A compartment I for the superposed strips I6 is provided within the casing.

In this disclosure, the strips are supplied in packet form, being folded on the severance lines between the sales slip forms. The compartment incorporates side walls I'I having flanges I8 secured to the base of the casing, a bottom I9 secured to the side walls and a front wall 20 secured between the side walls. The compartment I5 includes a lid 2| which functions as the writing table or platen.

This table or platen 2| incorporates downwardly turned flanges 22 along its longitudinal side edges. The table is hinged to the compartment at its forward end by means of hinge pins 23 traversing the side flanges and the side walls of the compartment.

The table carries a roll of carbon paper 24 along one side edge, incorporating for this purpose a ledge or shelf 25. superposed strips of carbon paper are incorporated in the roll. The roll is mounted and maintained in position by means of Yacircular guard 26 encircling the roll and mounted on a rock shaft 2I. A spring 28 is wound around the rock shaft and has its respective ends fixed to the stationery shelf and the guard respectively for constantly urging the guard down around the roll of carbon paper.

The strips of carbon paper are transversely threaded across between the superposed strips of manifold paper and their free ends are locked or clamped against the edge or side of the table by means of a clamping bar 3D. This clamping bar is pivotally mounted at the forward end of the table and is latched in position at its rear end when engaged upon the carbon paper.

The rear end of the table is rounded to provide a circular edge 3l around which the manifold paper passes in its movement from the compartment along the table to the forward end thereof. The lid of the casing includes a rectangular opening 32 through which a complete sales form is visible and accessible for writing. At the same time, the lid provides a margin 33 around the paper for holding it upon the platen. A ange 34 is turned downwardly from the forward edge of the opening adjacent a plate 35 which provides an under surface for the lid in contact with the superposed strips of paper as they pass through the delivery slot 36in the forward end wall of the lid.

The strips of paper in this invention preferably incorporate a single opening 31 in each form. This opening is located just back of the tear or severance lines between adjacent forms and toward one side edge of the strip. The platen or table incorporates guide flanges at each corner thereof. At the rear, guide flanges 38 are disposed perpendicularly to the top of the table. At the forward end the flanges 39 turn inwardly parallel with the table top to provide over-hanging portions marginally overhanging the paper and yet permitting its passage therebeneath.

The superposed strips of paper in this embodi- CFI ment of the invention are arrested by a single detent or stop pin 40 located at the forward end of the compartment. This detent pin is spring urged upwardly so that normally it projects above the table top for immediate entrance into the openings of the paper as they register therewith. The pin is mounted on the forwardly projecting flange 4I of a pivoted arm 42. The support for the arm is a plate or septum 43 disposed parallel to and spaced from the front wall of the compartment.

This plate 43 includes a base flange 44 attached to the floor of the compartment. The arm is pivoted or hinged on a pin 45 at one side of the compartment, the pin being xed in the support plate. Thus the arm is disposed and slides along the front face of the plate. A spring 46 is wound around the pin and has one of its terminals fixed to a lug 4'I` of the plate and the other fixed to the arm, being tensioned to exert the upward swinging force on the arm. Upward movement of the arm is limited by a lug 48 struck from the support plate and projecting across the path of movement of the arm. The outer end 49 of the arm is turned around the side edge of the support plate so as to prevent displacement of the arm from its flush sliding engagement with the support plate. The side edge 50 of the support plate is arcuate, the center of the arc being described from the pivot point of the arm.

The lid of the casing incorporates a slot 5I aligned with and providing access to the top of the detent pin from above the register. This slot extends forwardly substantially to the forward edge of the lid. Likewise, the platen or table top is slotted as at 52, from the region of the pin forwardly.

Y Assumingthat the register has been loaded with superposed strips of paper which have been advanced so as to register superposed apertures 31 with the pin 40 (see Figure 6) the following opertions will ensue. 'Ihe operator lls out the form or sales slip with some writing instrumentality or stylus such as a pencil 53. Upon the completion of the operation of filling out the form, the pencil is then utilized as the paper releasing and advancing means. To this end the top of the pin may be concave as at 54 so as to efficiently receive thepencil point. The operator depresses ure 7). A pencil is admirably suited for this purpose since it has a tapered end.

A short forward movement of the paper is then brought about by moving the pencil forwardly, that is, traversing the slots 52 in the lid and platen. This operation aligns the strips since the forward margins of the apertures will be engaged by the pencil (see Figure 8) as the forward movement of the pencil is effected. This short forward movement projects the forward ends of the strips beyond the line of the register where they can be conveniently grasped and the strips drawn forwardly (see Figure 9) until the pin drops into the next set of apertures for arresting the forward feed at a predetermined point. The projecting sales slips can then be severed or torn off along the front end of the delivery slot 36.

The pin and clearance slots can be located directly on the central line of the platen and the apertures correspondingly located in the paper. Also, the machine need not include the limitation on the movement of the pencil since once it is in the apertures, it can be moved forwardly the full length of the form for completely discharging the sales slips.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. An autographic register, comprising, a platen over which a strip of paper containing printed sales slips forms and spaced apertures may be drawn, said platen including a slot, a spring urged depressible pin mounted beneath the platen and engageable through the slot and each successively registering openings in the strip for stopping the forward feed of the strip at a predetermined point, said pin constructed and arranged so as to move in a vertical direction only, and an actuating instrumentality engageable with the top of the pin adapted to traverse the aperture and thereafter move the paper forward by forward movement of the instrumentality.

2. An autographic register, comprising, a platen over which a plurality of strips of paper containing printed sales slip forms may be drawn, a spring urged depressible pin mounted beneath the platen and engageable through registerable and aligned openings in the strips for stopping the forward feed of the strips at predetermined points, said pin constructed and arranged so as to move in a vertical direction only, and an instrumentality for depressing the pin and traversing the apertures and thereafter moving the paper forward by forward movement of the instrumentality, said platen including an opening providing clearance for the forward movement of the instrumentality.

3. An autographic register, comprising, a platen over which a. plurality of superposed strips of paper containing printed sales slip forms may be drawn, a depressible pin mounted beneath the platen and engageable through registerable openings in the strips for stopping the forward' feed of the strips at predetermined points, the

only means for depressing the pin being engagey ment with the top of the pin itself, and a tapered instrumentality 'engageable with the top of the pin adapted for traversing the' apertures and moving the paper forward by forward movement of the instrumentality while in the apertures, and means on the table for limiting the forward movement of the instrumentality.

4. An autographic register, comprising, a table adapted to receive superposed strips of printed forms, said strips having tear-01T lines formed between the printed forms and an aperture in each form spaced rearwardly of the tear-off line, a detent engageable with the registered and aligned apertures of superposed strips, said table including a slot traversed by said detent, said detent including a recessed top surface for receiving and centering the point of a tapered instrumentality adapted to engage the detent and traverse the openings for moving the stripsforwardly into position where their forward ends may be grasped.

5. A device of the class described, comprising, a casing, a platen on said casing over which a strip of manifold paper may be drawn, said platen including a slot, and a depressible detent pin mounted in the casing, said pin traversing said slot and adapted to engage in apertures in the strip for arresting its movement across the platen at predetermined points, said detent pin constructed and arranged so as to move vertically only, said pin accessible from a position over the platen and having a top surface constructed and arranged for causing the pins to be directly actuable by means of a hand instrument.

Y6. A machine of the nature disclosed, comprising, a casing providing a writing table over which a strip of paper is drawn for dispensing sections1 thereof after transcribing thereon, the strip divided into sections by transverse tear lines and each section having an aperture in a longitudinal margin of the strip for strip withdrawal control, a margin frame over the writing table, a spring urged pin movable perpendicularly only relative to the writing table for engaging through an aperture in the strip when brought into registry therewith, said table and margin frame including registering clearance slots, said pin retractable and supplemented by a stylus inserted through said slots for partially dispensing a section of the strip upon advancing the stylus in said slots.

HARRY J. WAECHTER. 

